Williams v. Saunders

LESTER, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Watt L. Saunders, filed this suit against the appellant, L. E. Williams, who resided on the farm of appellee, for an injunction to restrain appellant from cutting cedar posts on the premises. The appellant filed a cross action for damages, alleging he had entered into a verbal lease for a /period of five years for the la*nd involved; that pursuant to said verbal lease he had been given possession by the ap-pellee, paid part of the consideration for the lease for the first year and made valuable improvements upon the land. The ap-pellee pleaded that the lease…